Myxomatosis in wild rabbit: Design of control programs in Mediterranean ecosystems

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-50

  García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^a,b   Astorga, Rafael Jesús ^b   Napp, Sebastián ^a   Casal, Jordi ^a,c   Huerta, Belén ^b   Borge, Carmen ^b   Arenas, Antonio ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disease control; Modelling; Myxomatosis; Risk factors; Wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MYXOMA VIRUS; MYXOMATOSIS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 73449125084     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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